Commentaries
- MLI Commentary - Keep momentum in the Arab Spring and al Qaeda on the run: Canada’s new Middle East mission November 28, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE November 28, 2011, Ottawa, ON – The missing weapons in Libya and the ensuing risk that these weapons could land in the hands of al Qaeda have highlighted serious security issues for Canada and other Western countries. In a new study ...
- Commentary: NAFTA is not about selling goods, it is about making them…together November 15, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE November 15, 2011, Ottawa, ON – North America is now a deeply integrated, cross-border economy whose most important feature is not free trade in finished goods between Canadians and Americans. According to a new Commentary released t...
- Welfare reform in the 1990s holds the key to healthcare reform now October 27, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE October 27, 2011, Ottawa, ON - With the expiry of the Canada Health Accord approaching in 2014, the federal government has an opportunity to begin meaningful reform of Canada’s healthcare system by learning the lessons of welfare ref...
- MLI Commentary - Trade dispute settlement: Evidence suggests system stacked against Canadian investors September 28, 2011
Author recommends reforms to protect Canadians’ interests September 28, 2011, Ottawa, ON – The federal government is currently pursuing a major trade deal with Europe that, if left unchecked, would perpetuate a flaw in Canada’s trade model: ...
- MLI Commentary - Balancing budgets is good politics and good policy September 7, 2011
Balancing Budgets: Good Politics, Good Policy Purposeful deficit reduction can result in electoral success September 7, 2011, Ottawa, ON – Contrary to the conventional view that deficit-cutting governments court political unpopularity, history sh...
- MLI Commentary: Ottawa has the duty, power and responsibility to remove trade barriers between Canadians June 15, 2011
Crowley to Ottawa: Tear Down These Walls Ottawa has the duty, power and responsibility to remove trade barriers between Canadians June 15, 2011 – Ottawa – An aging population, an increasingly competitive world and a serious problem with product...
- Commentary: Carbon Policy: The Right – and Wrong – Ways to Use NAFTA June 8, 2011
A focus on energy innovation, not regulation, is key to success for carbon-related problems June 8, 2011, Ottawa, ON - The current state of carbon policy is a messy tangle of energy, economic, environmental, and security problems that span North Ame...
- Commentary: Keeping Canada Strong and Free June 1, 2011
A call for a thoughtful debate about Canada’s long term military ambitions and how to equip our armed forces June 1, 2011, Ottawa, ON – With Canada transitioning from a combat mission to a training one in Afghanistan, the government requesting P...
